Week 7 schedule and Section 1 football standings

I had a couple people ask me over the weekend where teams stand who are outside the playoff picture. Why that is important is because it will determine who matches up with who the next two weeks in non-playoff games.

So, to give an accurate picture, I’ve updated the standings, added each team’s Piner score through six weeks and ranked them accordingly instead of by record.

Let me know if you have any questions, or need for clarification.

Also, below that you will find the schedule for Week 7—a.k.a. Rivalry Week.

JOSH THOMSON joined The Journal News and LoHud.com in March 2003 and has covered high school football, basketball, baseball and pro and college sports ever since. He graduated in 1998 from Carmel High School and in 2002 from Boston University with a degree in communications. Josh spends the majority of his free time with his wife and two daughters.

Josh if the committee uses Piner to schedule match up games, and they cross over leagues in AA (otherwise you’d have rematch after rematch), then you’ll not only have New Rochelle vs North Rockland back-to-back, but Mahopac vs Carmel back-to-back as well! Although I’d love to see the PAC sweep back-to-back match ups, I’m not sure if the kids would want to play two weeks in a row. Here’s what it would look like if the went straight Piner and crossed over;

Josh, can Putnam Valley catch Ardsley with a win? Ardsley done with piner games, PV down by .2 but play a winless team. Not sure a victory gives them many points. Not sure Ardsley needs Lourdes to beat Pleasentville to Gina extra points.

What are you hearing about non playoff match ups? I know Doug also asked this but I am interested in what you are hearing.

There is some thought (or maybe a rumor) that teams will have an opportunity to set their own games. It would be nice for the games to have some geographic proximity involved. More fans, less travel, opportunity to play teams that are close by but not on your schedule.

I know the powers that be in the Section don’t always respond to creative ideas, but how about giving this one a shot?

Throw out the Piner for post-season match-ups…after first-round losses, those teams should be free to set their own final games…use common sense, proximity, tradition…ex., Lakeland-Greeley, Peekskill-HenHud, Nyack v. AA Suffern or Clarkstown North, Lincoln-Gorton, Yonkers-Roosevelt, etc…if available, ninth week match-up between Yorktown and Lakeland would draw great crowd…just thinking…enjoy the games

Lourdes and Pok have been feinting with this move for a while but they both seem to be primed to jump ship and head to Section 9. Lourdes has actually finished their application so we’ll see how it goes. I think it’ll be a good look for both teams. I’ll miss the great matchups Section 1 provides but you have to do what you have to do for you sometimes.

Statesman…...is the reason for jumping to Section 9 an attempt at cost savings/safety of transportation?
Just a few weeks ago, coming from suffern,the team bus was pulling into RCK at 11:pm friday night. at was 11:25 when my son got to the car…..i would rather build local rivalries.

it would be great to have these over the mid hudson bridge rivalries. Playing a NewBurgh and a Monroe Woodbury would be tough for most of Sect 1 teams AA, and I guess Poughkeepsie would play Cornwall,Wallkill…...Sounds good to me.